DofE Silver Award

 

You usually need to be 15 to start your Silver DofE, and you need to be at least 15½ to finish it if you already have the Bronze award or 16 if starting straight off with Silver..

The Award comprises:

      Volunteering: 6 months

      Physical:
                            6 months of one and 3 months of the other
      Skill:

      Expedition: plan, train for and complete a 3 day, 2 night expedition

Plus if you have not already done the Bronze award you must undertake a further 6 months of either the Volunteering or the longer of the Physical or Skill sections.


For more guidance on what can be counted for each section visit www.dofe.org

To sign up and start accumulating your evidence towards the award fill in the form here and return it to Steve Walker.
                                                                    DofE application form










Chief Scout's Diamond Award

In addition to achieving your Silver DofE, all you need to do to also get your Diamond Award is:

1) Be a member of Explorer Scouts or the Scout Network or both for at least 12 months. This can include any time counted for the Chief Scout's Platinum Award.

2) Complete 12 nights away as an Explorer Scout or member of the Scout Network, of which eight must be camping. This may include the nights counted for the Chief Scout's Platinum Award.

3) Complete two activities from the list of International, Environment and Values activities. These should be different activities from the Chief Scout's Platinum Award and not from the same area.

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